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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 22, 2005

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Friday, July 22, 2005

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, July 22, 2005. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

70 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
It's seen in the middle of a quarter
9
Name of many Jesuit schools
15
Goes for
16
Program with steps
17
Figureheads
18
Put up elsewhere
19
Huge number
20
Frick collection
21
More like fudge
22
Words of warning
24
Opéra part
27
Fabric pattern
28
Faulkner's "___ Thirteen"
30
X-ray for Rex, say
36
Whence some leather
39
Overweening one
40
They're closed on rainy days
42
Having to report to
43
Providers of empty calories
46
E-mail status
47
Klatsch
53
Two-bit
54
Answer to a judge
55
Where operators may be standing by: Abbr.
58
Land
59
It's south of the Bass Strait
61
Actress Golonka of "Mayberry R.F.D."
62
"Wow!"
63
Fanned
64
Paper's space available for stories as opposed to ads

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

across

1. Car that made its debut at the 1964 New York World's Fair: MUSTANG
8. Jeer: CATCALL
15. Slothfulness: INERTIA
16. Like a horseshoe: USHAPED
17. Reasons for soreness: STRAINS
18. What prisoners may wear: STRIPES
19. 38-Across is one: SIMPLECIPHER
21. Stir: ADO
22. Sounds to skip by: TRAS
23. Guide: MENTOR
27. Country singer on whom "Coal Miner's Daughter" is based: LYNN
29. Noted bell tower site: PISA
31. Preschoolers?: ROE
32. Melted glace: EAU
35. Authenticate: NOTARIZE
38. See 19- and 58-Across: ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF
42. Cowboy: BUCKAROO
43. Windy City transportation org.: CTA
44. Terminal abbr.: ARR
45. Memo starter: INRE
47. Rarely read messages: SPAM
51. Stitches over: RESEWS
54. Investment options, for short: IRAS
57. Ab ___ (from day one): OVO
58. Type of 19-Across that 38-Across is: SHIFTALETTER
61. Comedian's shtick: ROUTINE
64. His first #1 song was "All or Nothing at All": SINATRA
65. Do florists' work: ARRANGE
66. Infinite: ENDLESS
67. Most uptight: TENSEST
68. Thirsts: DESIRES

down

1. Book of prayers: MISSAL
2. Not picked up: UNTIDY
3. It precedes an offering: SERMON
4. Sink pipe part: TRAP
5. Leaning: ATILT
6. Astronaut's digit: NINER
7. Tank top: GASCAP
8. Where astrological signs meet: CUSP
9. Wheezy one: ASTHMATIC
10. Crowd maker?: THREE
11. Rock landmark: CAIRN
12. Computer program, briefly: APP
13. Majors in acting: LEE
14. Mormons, initially: LDS
20. Awaits a chiding: ISINFORIT
24. Word with field or guilt: TRIP
25. Go slowly: OOZE
26. Wreck site: REEF
28. Thing to wring: NECK
30. Worthless bit: SOU
33. ___ rule: ASA
34. Revolts: UPRISINGS
36. Back at sea: AFT
37. Vitamin amts.: RDAS
38. Construction piece shaped like the last letter of the alphabet: ZBAR
39. Spotless: PURE
40. TV hookups: VCRS
41. First name in horror: LON
46. Gone, now: ERASED
48. Literary wizard-in-training: POTTER
49. Opposed: AVERSE
50. Bog: MORASS
52. "Cómo ___?": ESTAS
53. "Are we there yet?," maybe: WHINE
55. Dior creation: ALINE
56. Posts: SENDS
59. Choreographers' concerns: FEET
60. Anklebones: TALI
61. Scoundrel: RAT
62. Vein contents: ORE
63. Cup filler: URN

Hints and full breakdown for Jul 21

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
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Can I see past crossword answers?

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